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# Patient safety

Identification, hand hygiene, the surgical safety checklist, falls, pressure injuries and adverse-event reporting.

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## Safe practice

- [**Adverse events: reporting, analysis and a just culture** When something goes wrong or nearly goes wrong, the patient is cared for, the event is reported…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/adverse-events-reporting-analysis-and-a-just-culture/)
- [**Caring for an existing pressure injury by stage** Once a pressure injury exists, care removes the pressure, treats the wound for its stage…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/caring-for-an-existing-pressure-injury-by-stage/)
- [**Correct patient identification** Before any care, at least two of the patient's own details are used to confirm that you are…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/correct-patient-identification/)
- [**Hand hygiene: the five moments and the technique** Cleaning your hands at the right moment and in the right way is the simplest measure to prevent…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/hand-hygiene-the-five-moments-and-the-technique/)
- [**Physical restraints: a last resort and their safe use** A physical restraint limits movement; it is used only when alternatives have failed, with an…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/physical-restraints-a-last-resort-and-their-safe-use/)
- [**Preventing falls: risk assessment and measures** Each patient's fall risk is assessed, and measures for everyone are combined with extra measures…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/preventing-falls-risk-assessment-and-measures/)
- [**Preventing pressure injuries: risk scales, repositioning and skin care** Patients at risk are identified, pressure is relieved by repositioning, and the skin is…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/preventing-pressure-injuries-risk-scales-repositioning-and-skin-care/)
- [**Seizure precautions and care during a seizure** Prepare the bedside before a seizure; during it, time it, protect the head and never restrain or…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/seizure-precautions-and-care-during-a-seizure/)
- [**The WHO surgical safety checklist** The surgical team pauses at three points of an operation to confirm the critical safety items…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/the-who-surgical-safety-checklist/)

## Fundamental

- [**Patient safety in Colombia: the policy and its instructional packages** Colombia has a national policy to reduce avoidable harm from health care and to learn from…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/patient-safety-in-colombia-the-policy-and-its-instructional-packages/)

## Assessment

- [**Pressure injury staging** Pressure injuries are staged by the depth of visible damage, from intact red skin to exposed…](https://durgical.com/en/nursing/pressure-injury-staging/)

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